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"Ken Nagel" <knandjn@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:HxID5M.1C8M@lugnet.com... (...) My little brother, 11, reacted in a simular way. Once he'd found out, he simply said "That's stupid." Now, instead of buying LEGOs, he had saved his money to (...) (20 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear Lego, Last week I gave my 12 year old daughter 2 of the new Harry Potter sets. She was not aware of the gray changes, it just hadn't come up. What follows is an account of her exact words. Happy to get the new sets, she dumped them out on the (...) (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego) !!
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(...) Now THIS is the kind of story Lego™ NEEDS to see......over and and over and......... Mark (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Having met Mel's daughter, I can honestly say this does sound exactly like something she would say! :) Out of the mouths of babes and all that... Troy (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Only if it *happens* over and over and.... ROSCO (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) She can always write them a letter. It's a good exercise for someone young to write a letter to a company. Besides, letters are generally given more weight than e-mails and web postings. Jeff (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Doesn't matter what she said. I don't think Lego includes girls in their target audience for building sets anymore. They've got the dolls for them. You bought the wrong set. (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Sadly, I think the LEGO Group is ignoring our pleas completely, hiding behind a "test group" result that makes no sense to justify this STUPID move. Did I ever say ther color change and people who did it were STUPID? STUPID!STUPID!STUPID...STUPID!STU (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) (snip) Yes, actually, you did. Many times, in fact. I've set the FUT to the new lugnet.color group which is, by its charter, more on target for where you want to take the topic. Please consider preserving the FUT. (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.color)
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(...) Oh wow... If only you could have gotten that on video tape. My my my... Ray (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Very noteworthy Mel, My children and I don't talk the meat and potatoes of collecting or toys in general either. This topic is something that I generally don't enter into with them, or recall ever having brought up around them. Interestingly, (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Personally, your daughter comes across as being extremely stuck up and nearly teetering on spoiled. The thing that is getting lost in this the most is the fact that Lego, as awesome as it is, is a toy. Everyone who is a member of Lugnet has a (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) That is an incorrect assesment of the situation. And uncalled for as well. (...) Yes, it is. Perhaps you should direct your comments to where that is actually happening though. Mel was simply providing an anecdote about how the product was (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) dude, your so banished to (URL) .duplo> for saying that. Try to be a little more friendly around here. (URL) e (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.duplo, FTX)
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(...) [snip] (...) Whoa whoa whoa! Not cool. This is a legit report from a consumer that is appropriate for LEGO to hear. My own children don't care about the color change, nor do I think they've even noticed it, but that doesn't mean others (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Ok, I did go a little too far with that comment, I admit that, my mistake. Everything else however, I am standing by it. Perhaps another spin on it: How many times since Lego first introduced train sets have they changed the track size and (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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The man owns up and stands by his decision. You gotta respect that. Ok, only half a day. e (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.duplo)
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(...) I have no doubt this story is true bucause it is the same reaction I've heard from other pre-teen-FOL's at NILTC shows. Ken (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) It was more than a little too far, that being said what dose the rest of this statment have to do with anything. As production technology, techniques, cost efectivness, etc. etc. have improved the train line has improved. As a train enthusiast (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Quite the contrary actually. Her rejection is exactly the type of response I have worked to cultivate in my children and I am quite pleased with her--not because she rejected the new colors, but because she made her decision based on the value (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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After describing that whole scenario you honestly believe you had "no influence" on your kids' reaction? Everything you described sounds pretty "influential" to me. (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) influence" (...) "influential" to (...) If you mean that Mel has influenced her daughter to be able to think for herself and make wise decisions, then I agree with you. Everything in her post does sound like she has raised her daughter to (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree with this assertion, sounds like Mel has raised people who think for themselves, not that she was influencing them. But I xfut to market theory because I have a tangential question... how much an hour do you guys (Troy, Mel, whoever (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) What a novel idea! People, customers even, that are raised to think for themselves! Heresy! Just imagine what chaos would start if all those customers would suddenly start to think on their own accord instead of following all this expensive (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...areDOTcom> wrote in message news:HxJztp.28D@lugnet.com... (...) much an (...) sorters (...) what a (...) I do not pay them by the hour, but rather by the job. Having done quite a bit of sorting, I know how (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I always find parents' assertions that their children "think for themselves" to be dubious, as more often than not it's a euphamism for "I'm proud they think just like me.." It's funny to see these same parents later on, when their (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Darrell, You point is well taken. However, their choices of what particular sets/colors/parts they choose to like or dislike are well beyond my powers of influence. I can't stand Bionicle and they both know this, yet they both love Bionicle (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Did you consider that your dislike may be *in part* the *cause* of their taking to Bionicle? I know most kids like to go against authority in some way at some time. ROSCO (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Does that mean if I decide to dislike green beans, spinach, broccoli, they will rebel and start to like those? :) Melanie (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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Please don't redirect irrelevant threads to .duplo. I don't think this is an appropriate way to handle behaviour that you presumably consider childish. I've cross-posted this to admin.general as this has happened before eg (URL) Would you please (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) I agree with Diedre here. Eric - while the duplo joke is funny to you and your friends, and while it can be used as a cute joke once in a while among the same, please reconsider FUT'ing Duplo and using this joke when expressing sincere (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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Its an old Lugnet joke. e (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.duplo, Tim Courtney wrote: Hey Tim, what did you think of my last Mecha? e (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Feel free to email me with links to pictures, and I'll let you know what I think. I'm kicking this post back to admin.general, and I'd like to address posting etiquette. I can't be certain, but from reading your two recent replies in this (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Eric, I do realise that this is a "joke" but I would disagree with your assessment that it's an "old lugnet joke". I've been on lugnet for years and as far as I can see this redirection has been instigated only by you (although there have been (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.duplo, lugnet.admin.general) !
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